The music of Vladimir Dukelsky (and Vernon Duke)

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Vladimir Dukelsky (1903-1969) Zephyr et Flore Ballet Hague Residentie Orchestra; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond. Chandos 9766

On This Day

Births

• 1759 - French composer a François Devienne, in Joinville;

• 1797 - Austrian composer Franz Schubert, in Lichtenthal near Vienna;

• 1906 - English composer Benjamin Frankel, in London;

• 1937 - American composer and performer Philip Glass, in Baltimore, Maryland;

• 1960 - English composer and pianist George Benjamin, in London;

Premieres

• 1727 - Handel: opera "Admeto" in London at the Haymarket Theater in London; This premiere was scheduled for earlier in the month, but was delayed awaiting the arrival in London of the Italian castrato Senesino, who was recovering from an illness (Gregorian date: Feb. 11);

• 1925 - Vladimir Dukelsky(a.k.a. Vernon Duke): ballet "Zéphir et Flore" in Paris;

• 1935 - Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto, by the New York Philharmonic, with Gregor Piatigorsky as the soloist;

• 1943 - R. Strauss: "Divertimento on pieces by Couperin," in Vienna;

• 1952 - Leon Kirchner: "Sinfonia" in New York City;

• 1953 - Vittorio Giannini: opera "The Taming of the Shrew" (in concert form) in Cincinnati;

• 1959 - Martinu: “Fantasia concertante” for piano and orchestra, in Berlin, with Margrit Weber the soloist;

• 1986 - Joan Tower: Piano Concerto ("Homage to Beethoven"), by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Imre Pallo, with piano soloist Jacquelyn M. Helin;

• 1987 - David Maslanka: Wind Quintet No. 2 at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York, by the Manhattan Quintet.